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Do you need to hire a legit rock star, a sales killer, or business navy seal?
One of the first things a company says after working with us is: “I can’t believe we can actually GET candidates of this caliber at our stage!”
This begs the question so many early stage companies wonder – “How can a small, relatively unknown company with limited resources and an unfamiliar product possibly convince superstar leaders to walk away from their current situation?”
Not only is it possible, but with MatchStar it is probable. Let’s have a conversation, and I’ll clue you into a few industry secrets.
In a past life as a corporate executive and funded entrepreneur, I used lots of recruiters. Often I was disappointed. Most wanted large upfront retainers. The bulk were slow to perform or wasted my time with off-target candidates and resume spam. Few could find replacement candidates when someone didn’t work out. I knew there had to be a better model – one that brought down MY risk close to zero; one that didn’t require I pay monster fees in advance; one that could deliver spectacular people EVERY time; one that was designed specifically for entrepreneurial leaders just like ME.
NOPE. I couldn’t find it . . . at least not one that did it all. So with my team, we decided to CREATE IT ourselves – an executive recruiting firm for high growth small businesses that bore most of the risk and delivered almost every time! At MatchStar, we are more than recruiters but BUSINESS BUILDERS, which drives our entire strategy for sourcing world class talent.
Here are some of the aches and pains I hear every day from early stage venture backed CEOs :
• We get to the end of the process, but can’t quite get the candidate over the finish line.
• I don’t have enough funding or scale to bring on a leader of that caliber right now.
• I’ve never hired that position before and am not sure how to even define the role.
• We wasted our time with several recruiters who never delivered anyone truly exceptional.
• If we can’t execute on XYZ (aka get the right leader into the role), we may jeopardize the next funding round.
Does any of this FEEL familiar? If so, here’s the good news. My partners and I have placed over 1,000 CXO, VP, and director level leaders into companies just like yours! WE take the bulk of the risk; YOU get the success . . . 98% of the time. For venture backed growth companies, TIME is everything. Why waste a minute of yours any longer? Contact me, and we'll win together! ** tim@matchstar.com ** www.matchstar.com